Béla Bartók
The source from which Hungarian composer Béla Bartók drew his musical language was south-eastern European folklore, which he collected and studied along with Zoltán Kodály. On the basis of this folklore, Bartók developed a Hungarian idiom of modern…
Dance Suite for Orchestra Sz 77
Béla Bartók
The source from which Hungarian composer Béla Bartók drew his musical language was south-eastern European folklore, which he collected and studied along with Zoltán Kodály. On the basis of this folklore, Bartók developed a Hungarian idiom of modern…
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Sz 36
Intermission
Peter I. Tschaikowsky
"I consider you the greatest musical talent in present-day Russia", Russian music critic Hermann Laroche is said to have told Peter I. Tschaikowsky (born on April 25th 1840 in Votkinsk). And indeed, with his emotion-laden, voluptuous music, the…
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor
The 2021/22 season is Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s first as Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, London and he alongside this post he continues as Chief Conductor of Gothenburg Symphony and as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the…
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
With a combination of depth, brilliance and humour, Kopatchinskaja brings an inimitable sense of theatrics to her music. Whether performing a violin concerto by Tchaikovsky, Ligeti or Schoenberg or presenting an original staged project deconstructing…
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